EWRT1A-68: reading response 3

EWRT1A-68 Reading Response 3: Respond to either question 4 or 5 on page 238.

Also, be sure to keep hold of your first draft to essay 1. You will be turning it back in with your final draft.

EWRT1A-68: Malcolm X video

This video is short and encapsulates a lot of Malcolm X's beliefs. The interviewer, Hurlbut (an unfortunate name), asks questions that many people had at the time. At times Hurlbut is a bit patronizing, but his attitude only serves to clarify Malcolm X's points.

EWRT1A-68: link to Jean Anyon essay

In case the bookstore doesn't get extra copies of the book in by Friday, here's a link to Jean Anyon's essay "Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work."

EWRT1A-68: handouts about thesis statements

We've been talking about thesis statements the last few class sessions. A lot of the things we've discussed are also detailed in the Bedford. See pages 31-37. I also wanted to make available to you my own notes.

thesis statements: the basics (.pdf)

thesis statements: common problems (.pdf)

thesis statements: going deeper (.pdf)

EWRT1A-68: essay 1

Here is the handout for essay 1 (in case you lost it or missed it):

EWRT1A-68 essay 1 (.pdf)

EWRT1A-68: active reading and reading response 1

Here is a .pdf about active reading. It covers much of what I went over in class today.

active-reading.pdf

And here's the link to chapter 2 of Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Be sure to use a dictionary to look up words you don't know.

And here's a link to information about Paulo Freire that may help you to understand the reading.

And lastly, here's the prompt again for reading response 1: Briefly explain the two categories of education that Freire describes. What is the effect of each style on the students, according to Freire? Do you agree with the effects he describes? I encourage you to use your own experiences as illustrations in your response.

EWRT1A-68: the books

Here are the books for the class with links to them at Amazon.com.

- Rereading America, seventh edition. Ed. Colombo, Cullen, and Lisle.

- The Bedford Handbook, seventh edition. Diana Hacker.

- The Awakening. Kate Chopin. Bedford College Edition.

These books are not at the bookstore yet, but will be there soon.